In an unexpected move, iRex today opened the Iliad to user-created applications. Those users who would like to use the improved PDF viewer our valued member Scotty1024 created or want to play Chess on the Iliad, send and receive emails or do many of the other things that make life so much more worth living and are possible thanks to the tireless efforts of our mobileread.com developer team can now visit the iRex developer site and "order" a special iDS update that makes it possible for users to run .sh applets from their Iliad devices.

Go here to apply for this update and join the discussion here to tell us what you think!

The move should be compared against Sony strategy, who could be trying to use NDA to separate legally documented developers from reverse engineers. Remember that while Sony has provided the source code, the installation script has been reverse engineered by the Russian guys. Fortunately Sony NDA includes the usual clause about not covering any statement already slipped to public knowledge by a third party.

Sorry for using your image...it was the first one I found in our gallery...:-)
I was in a hurry to put it up on the frontpage before somebody else does...maybe I should replace the picture...I'll lokk for a better one later when I have time.

@yokos
Sorry for using your image...it was the first one I found in our gallery...:-)
I was in a hurry to put it up on the frontpage before somebody else does...maybe I should replace the picture...I'll lokk for a better one later when I have time.